As part of the American Issues Forum, a bicentennial program developed around nine monthly issues, divided into 36 weekly subtopics; a list of supporting films is provided by the Educational Film Library Association. Arranged by issue topic and weekly subtopic, each entry includes title, length, color, producer, distributor, and a brief annotated…

The aids to be used in a course designed for the continuing education of professional librarians on human resources in the library have been compiled in two volumes. The first of these contains forms, work assignments, handouts, and transparencies. Forms are for personal information, work assignments, evaluations, and critiques. Work assignments…

"Quest into Matter," produced by Ontario (Canada) Instructional Television, aimed to investigate the "heart of matter" at the college freshman level of chemistry. Specifically, its purpose was to demonstrate the relevance of "shape" in relation to the properties of matter from the molecular level to the galactic. Some…

Using the Delphi technique, impressions were gathered for a sample of 96 educators on their expectations of what media-related competencies would be required of teachers in coming decades. The educators were a nonstratified random sample chosen to represent grassroots and expert respondents, all levels of education, and a number of areas of…

Prepared by the participants of a conference on sexism in education, this bibliography lists instructional materials relating to the role of women in society. Each of the 60 listings gives the media type, the producer or author, the audience level, information about availability, a brief description of the contents, and some evaluative comments.…

Neither video technology nor computer technology has had the impact on formal education that many had predicted. Both media have enormous and growing potential for this purpose however. Instructional packages that can be used as supplementary material to teaching seems the most appropriate approach to develop for higher education. Video modules…

"Readalong," a program employing a videotape format to teach vocabulary skills to early childhood learners, was tested in an English-as-a-second-language (ESL) setting by comparing primary and advanced ESL classes using the program with classes using only the conventional teaching materials. Students received a test prior to the…

The Engineering Renewal and Growth (ERG) program at Colorado State University (CSU) was designed for continuing education of engineers. The program used videotapes and coordinated written materials to deliver instruction to the practicing engineer. Courses were leased to individual students or industries in which students worked. The courses were…

Presented is the CI-TAB (Career Information and Training Activities for the Blind) script of 23 cassette recordings providing career education for visually handicapped and blind middle-school students. Included are eight study units titled: "What Work Is"; "Why People Work"; "How People Find Jobs"; "What People…

This volume contains a collection of working papers designed to accompany the case studies of India and Latin America in providing a framework for the planning of educational broadcasting systems. The first two papers offer useful orientation to policy-makers who are considering educational television. Working Paper No. 3 compares the two media of…

In June 1975, all Indiana institutions of higher education and their regional campuses were requested to list instructional video materials in their possession that could be used by other agencies or institutions. The information is reproduced here in the same form in which it was supplied. All titles are listed alphabetically under general…

This paper examines the practices and accomplishments of the military in the area of instructional technology. An examination of historical background is used to increase the precision of the definition of instructional technology. Specific contributions of the military are described and then uses of instructional technology in the military and…

Foreign-language methodology courses do not generally provide potential teachers with sufficient criteria for judging either the most reasonable format or the probable cost/labor effectiveness of media materials which could be used to advantage in their classes. Opportunities for practical application of the student's knowledge, particularly where…

To assist media-center personnel in planning their centers, and to help them develop more effective use of learning resources, a number of school media centers said to be of unusually high quality are listed and described. Generalizations said to promote quality are highlighted and examples given. Each school is identified by name, address, size…

This bibliography is a supplement to those originally contained in the Iowa Department of Public Instruction documents "Plan for Progress in the Media Center," a series published in 1969 and 1970. The series outlined standards for school media centers throughout the state. This document is divided into six subject categories: (1) Standards (which…